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Inclusion criteria: idiopathic scoliosis, age \u2265 10 years, curve 20\u201340\u00b0, Risser \u2264 3 or Sanders stage \u2264 6 and curve apex below T6 vertebra. Exclusion criteria: incomplete radiological or clinical follow-up and previous treatment. The primary outcome was failure according to the SRS outcome assessment: increase in main curve &gt; 5\u00b0 and\/or increase in main curve beyond 45\u00b0 and\/or surgery. The subgroup analyses were secondary outcomes. In total, 249 patients in the PNB and 109 in the BB groups were included. The BB showed a higher success rate compared to the PNB (59% and 46%, respectively) in both crude and adjusted comparisons (p = 0.029 and p = 0.007, respectively). The subgroup analyses showed higher success rates in pre-menarchal females, thoracic curves and curves &gt; 30\u00b0 in the BB group compared to the PNB group. 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